Fluid Dynamics of High Performance Turbomachines.

Abstract

Major tasks include: 1) Loss mechanisms and loss migration in transonic compressors, including development of advanced instrumentation for measurements of wake radial transport and analysis of unsteady vortical wake structures. 2) Experimental and theoretical study of flows in casing and hub treatment, including mechanisms for stability enhancement in compressors and unsteady fluid dynamic interactions between passage and groove flows. 3) Computational techniques for turbomachinery, including inverse (design) calculation procedures for transonic turbomachine blades accounting for viscid/inviscid interaction. 4) Theoretical modelling of stability and unsteadiness in transonic compressor flow fields, including analyses of unsteady temperature fluctuations due to vortex sheding. Keywords: Transonic compressors; Compressor stability; Casing treatment design; Vortex wakes; Unsteady flows in turbomachines.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1985
Accession Number
ADA177109

Entities

People

  • Alan H. Epstein
  • Edward M. Greitzer
  • Jack L. Kerrebrock
  • James E. Mccune
  • Michael B. Giles

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Compressors
  • Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Migration
  • Physics
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbomachinery
  • Unsteady Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.